The Runaway Chihuahua: Crazy Letters

For our third class, the students looked at Vowels: After Rimbaud, a poem that gives clear, descriptive images for each of the vowels in the alphabet. The student poets at Trumbull were asked to choose and animal or their name in order to choose their letters, and then give vivid descriptions of what popped into their minds on thinking about those letters. The poems turned out really well. Look for that Chihuahua!

3rd Grade

The Sky
by Isaac A.

I is the same as me.
G looks like an umbrella.
U is a swing.
A is as shiny as the sun.
N is a noisy letter.
A looks like an O.

Things I Make Up
by Khalid W.

T is a batch of potatoes.
I is the smell of grapes.
G is a game of sound.
E is an elephant eating skittles candy.
R is a rainbow touching the sky.

The LION
by David F.

L is a lizard walking on a rock.
I is a green apple that is sweet.
O is an orange, juicy and nice.
N is a napkin, soft or hard.

The Good Poem
by Kiara T.

A is a puppy on it’s couch.
E is a buzzing fly and smells like a bug.
I is the ocean and it sounds like the sea.
O is an octopus and it sounds squishy.

4th Grade

Letters
by Allan F.

D smells like green tea.
D looks like an eraser erasing everything as fast as it can.
O is a zero in its spot.
O smells like pumpkin.
G looks like a car in the wheel.
G smells like a piece of cinnamon.

Wonder Word
by Tanayra B.

T is a small tree waiting to grow, an arrow pointing at a wall.
A is a red apple, is a pretzel.
N is a pink shoe, is a ruler.
A is a slide, waiting to have run, is a friend.
Y is a root smelling like grass, but is a flower.
R is a rose, a purple U upside down.
A is two pencils put together, is a triangle.

The Dogs
by Oyuki A.

D is a doughnut in the vat,
is a rotten kiwi that
smells like a dead rat.
O is a cat’s soft fur,
is a good tasting
taco.
G is a man hearing a
mouse squeaking,
is a woman watching
a mouse dance at
midnight.
S is a wolf wooing
at dawn,
is a mouse watching TV.

Zachary
by Zachary T.

Z is a zebra black and white.
Z is a zipper zipping up a jacket.
A is a red juicy apple.
A is an alligator chomping dragonflies.
C is a cat smelling cheese.
C is a cat watching a mouse.
H is a hat, blue, red, and black.
H is a happy boy tasting an ice cream.
A is April raining so hard.
A is a cheesy hot pizza.
R is a rat smelling up the place.
R is a boy that ran track.
Y is New York with tall buildings.
Y is a yo-yo going up and down.

2nd Grade

The Good Letters
by Cedric E.

C is a fat man sleeping on a cot.
E is a fox running to his mama.
D is a dragon blowing fire.
R is a puppy eating ice cream.
I is a fire keeping a man warm.
C is a cow squirting milk.

The Mixed Up Letters
by Ammy O.

A is an apple in a tree staring at the sun.
M is a moon shining in the night sky.
M is a monkey swinging from vine to vine.
Y is a yo-yo rolling up and down.

Letters
by Maritza S.

M is a girl eating an apple.
A is an apple, juicy, smelling like bananas.
R is a raccoon that is in the woods.
I is green and smells like summer grass.
T is like a tiger in the jungle.
Z is for a zebra in the zoo.
A is red and smells like firewood.

The Runaway Chihuahua
by Felix A.

F is an astronaut playing a video game
in a spaceship and the moon is blue.
E is a bear eating sweet yellow honey.
L is a soccer game with
hundreds of people wearing red shirts.
I is the red collar of a dog with fleas.
X is a girl getting scared
on Halloween night and getting
lots and lots of candy.